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-ACTION ALERT- SHAC Shareholder Shakedown Begins

Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty | 16.12.2008 16:03 | SHAC | Animal Liberation | Social Struggles | Cambridge | World

SHAC Shareholder Shakedown Begins

SHAC Shareholder Shakedown Begins

Over the next few alerts we will be focusing our energy on the shareholders of Huntingdon Life Sciences. There are about 60 companies who hold over 2 million shares in Huntingdon and we need your help to get rid of them. You can do this by taking part in these alerts and if you can, attending shareholder protests in London (contact  info@shac.net for info on upcoming demos). Every letter helps, and these alerts have proved to be an effective tool in the campaign so far.

HLS trade their shares under the name LSR, so please refer to this in your letters. Remember that all these shareholders profit from the misery and torture at HLS and that we are calling on them to take an ethical stance and drop their shares.

In this alert we will provide a sample letter and details of where to send them, but feel free to write your own letters. You can find out more about the exposes of HLS by visiting www.shac.net/HLS/exposed.html

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.::. Bank Of New York Mellon Corp .::.

175,791 shares in LSR (Huntingdon Life Sciences second largest shareholder)

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Who to write to:
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(sample e-mail follows)

 robert.kelly@bnymellon.com - Robert P. Kelly (Chairman and CEO)
 gerald.hassell@bnymellon.com - Gerald L. Hassell (Company Presdent)

Executive Committee

Torry Berntsen - Chief Client Management Officer
 torry.berntsen@bnymellon.com

Steven G. Elliott - Senior Vice Chairman
 steven.elliott@bnymellon.com

Timothy F. Keaney - Co-Chief Executive Officer
 timothy.keaney@bnymellon.com

Karen B. Peetz - Chief Executive Officer
 karen.peetz@bnymellon.com

Richard Brueckner - Chief Executive Officer
 richard.brueckner@bnymellon.com

All e-mails in this alert for bulk sending:
 robert.kelly@bnymellon.com,  gerald.hassell@bnymellon.com,  torry.berntsen@bnymellon.com,  steven.elliott@bnymellon.com,  timothy.keaney@bnymellon.com,  karen.peetz@bnymellon.com,  richard.brueckner@bnymellon.com

Sample E-mail
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Dear [insert name]

It has come to my attention that your company is the second largest shareholder in Huntingdon Life Sciences, who trade under the ticker symbol LSR.

You may not be aware but HLS are the worlds most exposed and notorious animal testing facility. They were caught on film punching beagle puppies in the face, and cutting open primates without any anesthetic. If you are in any doubt about what goes on inside the secret labs of HLS, then please read in their own words what workers have to say and see footage filmed inside the lab: www.shac.net/HLS/exposed/inside_hls/Inside_HLS_Full_Report.html

I am sure you will agree that what goes on inside HLS is shameful. You should also be aware that HLS have been shown on many occasions to falsify data. Only last year an employee filed a lawsuit against HLS following being sacked after he refused to falsify data.

I urge you not to side and profit from the despicable cruelty at HLS. Please turn your back on animal cruelty, shoddy work and law breaking.

Please get rid of your shares in this criminal company.

Thank you for your time

[insert name]

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Disclaimer and Information:

The details in this action alert are provided for information purposes only, and should not be used for any illegal activities as defined by the jurisdiction you live in. SHAC does not support or encourage any form of harassment; nothing in this alert has the purpose of inciting such behaviour, and we request that all communications are kept polite.

For general information on the campaign to close Huntingdon Life Science, please visit our website www.shac.net

Please feel free to forward on this action alert.

Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty
- e-mail: info@shac.net
- Homepage: http://www.SHAC.net


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